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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2021 May 11;18(9):1500–1507. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.05.009

Table 4.

Heritability and correlation between traits.

Heritability Total P-wave duration Standardized P-wave duration Integral of P wave RMSV20 RMSV30 RMSV40 RMS PW
Simple model* Multivariable model+
Total P-wave duration 24.6% 21.6% - 0.99±0.01 0.20±0.11 −0.41±0.13 −0.42±0.13 −0.29±0.15 −0.05±0.12
Standardized P-wave duration 20.8% 18.0% 0.93±0.00 - 0.14±0.12 −0.51±0.13 −0.57±0.12 −0.42±0.14 −0.11±0.12
Integral of P-wave 26.1% 24.9% 0.12±0.04 0.03±0.04 - 0.22±0.03 0.38±0.03 0.50±0.03 0.50±0.03
RMS20 15.0% 14.3% −0.54±0.03 −0.52±0.03 0.34±0.15 - 0.84±0.01 0.72±0.02 0.34±0.03
RMS30 12.7% 11.9% −0.49±0.03 −0.48±0.03 0.44±0.14 0.98±0.04 - 0.89±0.01 0.49±0.03
RMS40 12.2% 12.3% −0.45±0.03 −0.45±0.03 0.72±0.10 0.76±0.10 0.88±0.05 - 0.60±0.02
RMS PW 24.7% 23.0% −0.13±0.04 −0.19±0.04 0.72±0.10 0.44±0.14 0.56±0.12 0.80±0.09 -

Abbreviations: See Table 2.

Upper diagonal displays genetic correlations, and lower diagonal shows environmental correlations. Values are presented as correlation coefficients ± standard error

*

Simple model: Adjusted for age, sex, and cohort

+

Multivariable model: additionally adjusted for height, weight, smoking, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, total/HDL cholesterol, waist, heart rate, moderate/severe alcohol consumption, diabetes, hypertension treatment, prevalent myocardial infarction, prevalent AF, prevalent heart failure, and AV node blockers.